{"product_id":"9780827612952","title":"Saving One's Own: Jewish Rescuers during the Holocaust","description":"In this remarkable, historically significant book, Mordecai Paldiel recounts in vivid detail the many ways in which, at great risk to their own lives, Jews rescued other Jews during the Holocaust. In so doing he puts to rest the widely held belief that all Jews in Nazi-dominated Europe wore blinders and allowed themselves to be led like “lambs to the slaughter.” Paldiel documents how brave Jewish men and women saved thousands of their fellow Jews through efforts unprecedented in Jewish history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Encyclopedic in scope and organized by country, \u003ci\u003eSaving One’s Own\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of hundreds of Jewish activists who created rescue networks, escape routes, safe havens, and partisan fighting groups to save beleaguered Jewish men, women, and children from the Nazis. The rescuers’ dramatic stories are often shared in their own words, and Paldiel provides extensive historical background and documentation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The untold story of these Jewish heroes, who displayed inventiveness and courage in outwitting the enemy—and in saving literally thousands of Jews—is finally revealed.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"The Jewish Publication Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107698131184,"sku":"9780827612952","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780827612952_p0.jpg?v=1763756754","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780827612952","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}